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Monsoon rains have caused flooding across much of Sri Lanka, leading to the deaths of at least 13 people and displacement of more than 400,000 others.
A number of major rivers to burst their banks a...

Families from eight countries are suing the European Union (EU) for failing to adequately protect them from climate change.
The claim, nicknamed the 'People's Climate Case', is the first of its kind...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun asked Saad Hariri to form a new government, designating him the country's next prime minister.
Hariri was put forward for the job by 111 of 128 members of Lebanon's par...

US President Donald Trump has announced he will not attend a planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, raising concerns tensions between the two nations will escalate again with the threat...

US President Donald Trump has called off the planned June 12 summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-un, citing the 'tremendous anger and open hostility' in a recent statement from Pyongyang.
Here is the...

This week, the Syrian government declared the province of Damascus free from rebels for the first time since the war began seven years ago. Its next target could be the southern province of Deraa, whi...

After eight weeks of protests in Gaza, Palestinians have not won any concessions from Israel to improve living conditions. That is leading to internal pressure on Hamas as the 11-year-long blockade on...

The UN Security Council is meeting to review the security situation in Burundi amid reports of widespread human rights abuses.
The country has just voted in a referendum on constitutional amendments...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - When war came to his town in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), footballer Luta Espoir-Babou says he saw two babies barbecued and eaten.
The 23-year-old says he was once...

Heavy monsoon rain in Sri Lanka has left at least 12 people dead and more than 40,000 others displaced across the country.
Officials ordered the military to help those affected by the showers, believ...

An international criminal investigating body has concluded that a Russian missile brought down the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
In a report released in The Hague on Thur...

Tropical Cyclone Mekunu is threatening Oman's southern coast near Salalah, as well as the eastern portion of neighbouring Yemen.
Mekunu development has occurred barely a week after another cyclone, S...

Shortly after Halima* arrived at a displacement camp in northeast Nigeria, a soldier approached her offering chicken and yams. Halima recognised him as one of the men who had beaten her husband and ta...

Since the beginning of this year, hundreds of refugees and migrants have been entering Bosnia-Herzegovina every month, on their way to Western Europe. As the number of new arrivals grew, it became inc...

A US judge of the Washington, DC, Superior Court has ruled that the government withheld evidence that could have potentially cleared defendants in an increasingly controversial trial of six Inaugurati...

With Sweden approaching national elections slated for September, migration policy is shaping up to be a core campaign issue for parties across the political spectrum.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Linda Sn...

Germany's biggest lender, Deutsche Bank, has announced that it will slash over 7,000 jobs as it looks to cut costs and recover from three consecutive years of losses.
The German financial giant said...

North Korea has carried out what it says is the demolition of its nuclear test site in the presence of foreign journalists.
The demolition happened on Thursday at the Punggye-ri site deep in the moun...